That 7-1 win against Rotherham Town in 1892 was the start of the Reds' glorious history, which includes being champions of Europe on five occasions.

But there was nothing remotely glorious about this match at an unusually-subdued Anfield.

Not that Burnley were complaining as they maintained their unbeaten start to the season away from home with another excellent performance.

They took the lead through Scott Arfield and after Mohamed Salah had equalised for the home side, Sean Dyche’s men could have won it.

Ben Mee produced two late headers from successive Robbie Brady corners which caused panic for Liverpool.

The first was headed off the line by Joel Matip and the second was blocked by Reds keeper Simon Mignolet.

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“We came here to make it uncomfortable for Liverpool”

Burnley boss Sean Dyche

Liverpool, with Philippe Coutinho starting for the first time since he was blocked from joining Barcelona, at least picked up the point which made it 1,000 at home in the Premier League. But this will still be viewed as two points dropped.

Dyche, though, was understandably delighted. He admitted: “You’ve got to defend well in the Premier League, but particularly at places like this.

“They made seven changes, but were still throwing on players who cost fortunes.

“But we are doing better away from home because we are learning about the Premier League. It’s not just what I am doing, but what the players are doing.

“We came here to make it uncomfortable for Liverpool. Everyone tells you they are struggling from set pieces and we nearly won it from a couple of those situations.

“We are not going to out-football Liverpool, so we had to make it uncomfortable for them.”

There was a big focus before the match on Liverpool’s defensive record, just a week after their 5-0 beating at Manchester City.

Boss Jurgen Klopp stated before the match that he’s happy to shoulder the blame for the goals conceded.

But he was clearly unhappy with his back four - and central defenders Matip and Ragnar Klavan in particular - when Burnley took the lead in the 26th minute.

Brady climbed well to win James Tarkowski’s long ball in the air, Chris Wood challenged and the centre of the Liverpool defence opened up invitingly for Arfield to race through and stroke the ball into the far corner of the net.

Klopp was feeling better, though, three minutes later when Liverpool hit back with a quick equaliser.

Emre Can found Salah, who earlier had headed just over, and this time the he produced good control and a crisp left-foot finish for his fifth goal of the seaso

Some Liverpool fans thought their side had taken the lead in the 41st minute when Daniel Sturridge’s left-foot strike crashed into the netting.

But celebrations were cut short when everyone realised Sturridge had hit the side netting from Coutinho’s perfectly-weighted pass.

Burnley keeper Nick Pope, in for the injured Tom Heaton, then held on to a low effort from the adventurous Trent Alexander-Arnold.

Coutinho adopted a shoot-onsight policy as Liverpool stepped up the pressure and his lead was followed by Can.

The German midfielder produced an effort which was too hot to hold for Pope - later booked for time wasting - but Burnley managed to survive on that occasion at the expense of a corner.

Pope then beat out a rocket of an effort from Sturridge as the England striker cut in from the right before striking the ball left-footed.